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Last night between Renton and Balloch I found a sum of money.

If you can tell me what denomination, which bank, and what/who was featured on the note , the serial number and where exactly is was found I will give it back.

Otherwise it is going into the MRT charity box.

In reply to Jim C:

Bloody hell you've made that tough....

1 x £5 note, Robert the Bruce, 3564925467, Milburn Park

Do I win five pounds....?

bump.

In reply to Jim C:

you should have wrote:
I found a large sum of money on the cycle path, some of it in foreign currency. 400 eur, $250 and £700. a big thank you to the person who left it there, Jim :-D

In reply to Jim C:


Darn it! I always memorize all the serial numbers, but I just can't remember this time.....

Was it 88270216698345472149?

In reply to Jim C:

I'm sure you know this but...

Really you should report it to the police otherwise it is theft (regardless of how honourable your method of disposal is).

Generally they will hold it for 30 days iirc and then return it to you if it isn't claimed at which point you can do want you like with it

In reply to Jim C:

5000 South Korean won,bank of Korea,yi yulgok,al0606494 a,on the floor,thanks

In reply to balmybaldwin:


I would but they have shut the local police station it is unmanned, I could, I suppose make a 999 call , but by the time they turn up the 30 days will be up

I will give that some consideration, I will perhaps ask Off Duty , or my BIL what they think ?
( but either way the MRT will still get a donation equal to the amount

In reply to JamButty:



Busy working out how many tries you lot will make before working out how much it was etc.

N.b I have looked around the net for guidance on 'found items' , and have concluded that the cost of processing the find will cost the taxpayer more than the value of the sum found.

Personally, if someone dropped even a 50p pound coin right in front of me, I would point it out , or pick it up and hand it back go them ( It would have been clearly theft, as I knew who owned it)

However , with no way of knowing the owner of say a lost pound , or fiver, tenner, twenty, or £50 note, somewhere in that range there are amounts that most people would consider handing that over to the police, or donating it to charity.
( or lesser amounts just pocketing it)

My considered judgement, is the amount merits that I don't just pocket it, but , not in this instance hand it to the police either, but to donate it.

In reply to abseil:


Only one number out Abseil

In reply to Jim C:

pounds, bank of england, that famous historical chap, 88270216698345472148, Alexandria

Many thanks for prompt return of lost monies.

In reply to willjones:



Swansea, to Alexandria on a bike , really!!

In reply to Jim C:

A mere 440 miles.

At first I didn't think you'd found my money, but after your previous comment confirming the correct serial number I felt obliged to respond.

In reply to willjones:



On yer bike ya chancer

In reply to Jim C:

Ach! I thought I had you in a corner then, you are cunning indeed sir!

In reply to Jim C:


Darn it again! Me and my memory! (Normally so sharp oh-ho-ho)

Oh well it's the MRT's lucky day....

In reply to Jim C:


Call the non-emergency 101 number to report it. They will advise your best course of action.

https://www.gov.uk/contact-police

In reply to Martin W:



I am well known to the police Martin, I don't really think they will appreciate a call from me on this ( and even more paperwork)

Just to clarify, my mother has dementure, and I have an alarm on her door, and my phone alerts me if she wanders in the late/ early hours.
She usually gets picked up by ambulance drivers/ Taxi Drivers/ and police.

(I was a wee bit cheeky on the police response, I do have retired officers in the family)

In reply to Jim C:
You're a troll and i claim my £5?

In reply to Jim C:

I would think twice about picking up the money. You don't want to annoy a cyclepath.

In reply to Jim C:

Right now I've got 10 billion Dollars on my desk.

.....Zim Dollars.

In reply to Jim C:
The law says you must make 'reasonable efforts' to find the owner.

What is reasonable would depend on what it was that you found.

So finding a £1 coin would be impossible to trace and prove the owner. However £100, it is likely someone has reported it as lost to the police.

Dial 111, they will make a report and probably ask you to hold on to it and drop it in to the next police station you pass.

In reply to davidbeynon:

Groan..

In reply to DancingOnRock:


I don't think the NHS non-emergency bods will bother making a report.

In reply to Jim C:


If it was a 50p pound coin, I'd keep (yes, steal) it. So rare.

In reply to Rigid Raider:



All you need is some flour and water and you could make a serviceable second desk out of that cash...

In reply to Jim C:

It's Path swag, get it pocketed

In reply to PM:


That's called inflation.

In reply to PM:

Ah yes. 101 apparently.

Good job they've chosen easily memorable different numbers. Genius.

In reply to PM:

Should have read 50p or pound coin.

In reply to Jim C:

Did any Uckers lose £500 in mixed notes tied with a rubber band at Ogwen Cottage car park yesterday?

In reply to Lusk:

Was it lost or abandoned though ??

In reply to birdie num num:


Near a bag of white powder ?

In reply to birdie num num:

birdie's back! :~)

In reply to oaktree:


Guess who's back?